DSA-1091-1 tiff -- buffer overflows

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-2656   CVE-2006-2193  

Several problems have been discovered in the TIFF library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues: CVE-2006-2193 SuSE discovered a buffer overflow in the conversion of TIFF files into PDF documents which could be exploited when tiff2pdf is used e.g. in a printer filter. CVE-2006-2656 The tiffsplit command from the TIFF library contains a buffer overflow in the commandline handling which could be exploited when the program is executed automatically on unknown filenames. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7woody2. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-5. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.2-4. We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1091-1 tiff -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:
08 Jun 2006
Affected Packages:
tiff
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 369819.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-2656, CVE-2006-2193.
More information:

Several problems have been discovered in the TIFF library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:

  • CVE-2006-2193

    SuSE discovered a buffer overflow in the conversion of TIFF files into PDF documents which could be exploited when tiff2pdf is used e.g. in a printer filter.

  • CVE-2006-2656

    The tiffsplit command from the TIFF library contains a buffer overflow in the commandline handling which could be exploited when the program is executed automatically on unknown filenames.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-5.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.2-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.5.5-7woody2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.5.5-7woody2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.5.5.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7woody2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7woody2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7woody2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.7.2-5.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.7.2-5.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.7.2.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-opengl_3.7.2-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.7.2-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.7.2-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff4-dev_3.7.2-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiffxx0_3.7.2-5_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.